Quite the Shocking Surprise!

by Christine - From Dates to Diapers on February 15, 2011

Julia and I went out this evening to run some errands. We did not expect to return home to find that Noah wasn’t the only one who wanted his hair buzzed!



This may take some getting used to!

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Happy Birthday, Ethan and Zach!!

by Christine - From Dates to Diapers on October 24, 2010

I can’t believe my little “gummy bear babies” are TEN YEARS OLD!!

My, how time flies!

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Happy birthday to my little men!

Love you both!!

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Who’s Who?

by Christine - From Dates to Diapers on August 4, 2010

I took Ethan and Zach to get haircuts yesterday. With their longer hair styles I don’t trust myself to cut it properly, like I do the younger boys. I was shocked when I discovered that one decided to cut his hair much shorter than the other… Never before have they actually wanted to look so different.

Now that they look completely different, can you tell which one is Ethan and which is Zach?

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March for Babies with Famous Footwear

by Christine - From Dates to Diapers on April 14, 2010

So fragile, their little bodies fit perfectly in the palm of my hands.
Daddy’s wedding ring could fit on their tiny wrists.
At two pounds, 5 ounces and three pounds, three ounces they were larger than life.
I was in love.

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BUT…

They couldn’t come home with me.
They were too fragile and too tiny.
My heart was breaking.


Unlike so many babies born too soon, their story doesn’t end there. Ethan and Zach were born nine weeks early, but they are now healthy nine-year-old boys who are full of life.

march of dimes picThe March of Dimes is a wonderful organization who’s mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. Through research, community services, education and advocacy they save babies’ lives.

Every year the March of Dimes coordinates a walk to raise support for programs in our very own communities that help moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies. Walking in March for Babies, you give hope to the more than half a million babies born too soon each year. The money you raise also funds research to find answers to the problems that threaten our babies.

One of the national sponsors of March for Babies is Famous Footwear, which is the sole (no pun intended) provider of the official shoe of March for Babies – the Dr. Scholl’s Inferno shoe. To share the excitement as this year’s March for Babies walk season begins, Famous Footwear has given me a $25 Famous Footwear gift card to give to one of you!

Here’s how to enter for a chance to win:
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  • Head over and meet baby Alex, before 9pm on April 30th, then come back here and tell me what you learned about what the March of Dimes has already done to help.

Want a few bonus entries? Leave me a separate comment for each of the following:

  • Follow me on Twitter – I’m YoungMommy – and tweet the following, up to once a day through April 30th :: Enter to win a $25 Famous Footwear gift card in celebration of the March for Babies :: http://dlvr.it/WHCt #D2Dgvwy.
    One winner will be selected at random, and will be notified by email. Winner will then have 24 hours to respond before forfeiting their prize.
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    There are 900 March for Babies events taking place nationwide to support the March of Dimes mission to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Find an event near you.

    Benefited giveaway

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Secret Ink

October 3, 2009

Tweet Today Ethan read all about secret ink in The Dangerous Book for Boys. One of the agents that can be used for this disappearing ink is urine and, of course, Ethan wanted to try it. Uh, I don’t think so. The book says milk works, as well as lemon juice and egg whites. The [...]

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Ethan + Night Terrors = Scary Stuff

August 25, 2009

Tweet Ethan and Zach both had night terrors when they were babies. I remember being a young and frightened mama, whose babies would thrash around and scream, for no apparent reason, while not responding to me. One second they were reaching out for me, and the next they would push me away. Fast forward five [...]

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More Excitement

July 6, 2009

Tweet Ethan and I made another trip to the hospital today, this time for a scheduled visit. One last test was ordered for Ethan, to rule out any abnormal activity in his brain. The EEG was quick and painless, although Ethan did have to sit still for 20 minutes… Oh, the horror! Once they had [...]

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Updates

June 29, 2009

Tweet First of all, I want to thank you all who have left me such thoughtful comments, tweets and messages. Also, I’d like to send out a special HUG for all who have stepped in to help Ray with the kids. You have no idea how much it means to me to know that there [...]

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I didn’t think it would happen to me…

June 24, 2009

Tweet Ask any one of my family members or friends and they will tell you that I am not typically the type of mom who coddles her children. When one of my boys falls, I tell them to get up and keep running. My kiddos (no more babies here) play in the tub while I [...]

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“kinda stressful”

June 23, 2009

Tweet Today started like so many other days, although a few of my kiddos decided to sleep in a bit. Not entirely abnormal, I wasn’t surprised when Ethan said, shortly after 10am that he hadn’t eaten breakfast. He came in from saying hello to his neighborhood friends, hopped up on the counter and drank from [...]

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